Stotan: A cross between a Stoic and a Spartin It's the last swimming season for Walker, Nortie, Lion, and Jeff, and their coach is building their self-disciplin

Teaching the Selected Works of Chris Crutcher (Boynton/Cook, 2008)104 pages, paperback, $21.25Pub Alley: 51 ($889); BookScan: 71; WorldCat: Chris Crutcher by Mi

This is an international textbook that any athlete or coach can use. It fills the gap of most athletic books because it brings the mind and body together in com

“A truly exceptional book.”—Washington Post There's bad news and good news about the Cutter High School swim team. The bad news is that they don't have a

These six powerful short stories chronicle bits of the lives of characters, major and minor, who have walked the rugged terrain of Chris Crutcher's earlier work